Category Archives: Aviation & Aerospace

Aviation & Aerospace Press Releases & News distributed via EuropaWire

Dassault Aviation introduced new avionics upgrade for Falcon 900A and B operators

Upgrade Brings New Capabilities to Falcon 900A and B Operators ​ Saint-Cloud, France, 27-10-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Dassault Aviation has introduced a new avionics upgrade that will provide Falcon 900A and B operators with a range of important operational benefits, including an … Read the full press release

Rolls-Royce to invest $600 million to modernize its manufacturing operations in Indianapolis

Rolls-Royce team member Richard Wilson prepares Rolls-Royce’s AE 3007 jet engine for testing at the company’s manufacturing facilities in Indianapolis Indianapolis, Ind., 6-10-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Today (5 October 2015), Rolls-Royce announced the company will invest nearly $600 million to modernize its manufacturing operations … Read the full press release

Rolls-Royce to support Trent 500 engines for 3 AerCap Airbus A340s operated by South African Airways

DERBY, 6-10-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Rolls-Royce has signed a Memorandum of Understanding for TotalCare Flex agreements with AerCap and South African Airways. The agreements mark a new milestone for TotalCare Flex, designed for owners and operators of mature engines and … Read the full press release

Airbus Perlan 2 glider achieved its successful first flight in Oregon

Glider makes successful first flight, begins journey to 2016 world record flight to 90,000 feet without an engine Toulouse, 25-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The Perlan 2 glider, the world’s first engineless aircraft designed to reach the edge of space, achieved … Read the full press release

Airbus Helicopters, DGA, French Navy mark the handover of the 15th NH90 NFH multimission naval helicopter

Marignane, France, 25-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Airbus Helicopters, the French Defense procurement agency (DGA – Direction générale de l’armement) and the French Navy today marked the handover of the 15th NH90 NFH multimission naval helicopter, the first to be delivered … Read the full press release

Innobyte developed new European Space Software Repository for the European Space Agency

Innobyte supported the European Space Agency for the development of the European Space Software Repository (ESSR), an ESA information web portal that promotes reuse of Software including Open Source Software, and provides all parties involved in European Space software development … Read the full press release

University of Liverpool partners with computing innovation centre Hartree

LIVERPOOL, 21-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The University of Liverpool has launched a partnership with computing innovation centre, Hartree, to continue to build on research with Liverpool’s Virtual Engineering Centre (VEC). The Virtual Engineering Centre (VEC), which is based in Daresbury, was established … Read the full press release

Thales Alenia Space signed new phase of the contract for the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation (CSG) satellite program with Italian space agency ASI

Cannes, 4-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — As mandataire of the Temporary Grouping of Companies already set up with Telespazio (Finmeccanica), Thales Alenia Thales Alenia Space announced today that it has signed a new phase of the contract for the COSMO-SkyMed Second … Read the full press release

Thales Alenia Space, Telespazio sign with Teledife (Italian Ministry of Defence) to supply COSMO-SkyMed ground segment to the Polish Ministry of Defense

Kielce, Poland, 4-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio have reached an agreement with Teledife (General Directorate of IT and Advanced Technologies, Italian Ministry of Defence) to supply the ground segment to the Polish Ministry of Defense for the … Read the full press release

Thales selected by Oman’s Ministry of Transport & Communications for full deployment of an integrated security solution for Muscat International Airport and Salalah’s new airport

Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, 4-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Thales, a major provider of security solutions for critical infrastructure, has been selected by the Ministry of Transport & Communications of Oman for the full deployment of an integrated security solution for Muscat International Airport and Salalah’s new airport. … Read the full press release

MSPO exhibition in Poland: exclusive tactical unmanned aircraft system for the Polish Gryf requirement unveiled by WB Electronics and Thales

Polish industrial content will be led through WB Electronics The WB Electronics/Thales Unmanned Aircraft System for the Polish Gryf programme brings together surveillance and strike capability on a single platform FreeFall Lightweight Multirole Missile (FFLMM) delivers targeted, precision strike MSPO, … Read the full press release

Jérôme Vitulo to succeed Charlotte Matringe as Secretary to the Board of Directors of Safran

PARIS, 1-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Jérôme Vitulo joined Safran on July 29, 2015 as Secretary to the Board of Directors, reporting directly to Alex Fain, Corporate Secretary. He replaces Charlotte Matringe, who has been named Vice President for Communications at Sagem. … Read the full press release

Lufthansa’s Ju 52 placed under protection by the Office of Historic Monuments of the Hamburg Cultural Authority

COLOGNE, 24-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — It is one of the oldest passenger planes in the world still flying. Its many admirers at home and abroad lovingly call it “Tante Ju” (Auntie Ju) or more respectfully, the “Grande Dame of the … Read the full press release

Nordic Aviation Capital purchased one Dash 8-Q400, MSN 4175 from Jetscape on lease to South African Express Airways SOC Limited

Nordic Aviation Capital is pleased to confirm that it has purchased one Dash 8-Q400, MSN 4175, from Jetscape on lease to South African Express Airways SOC Limited. South African Express Airways SOC Limited is a new customer for NAC. Billund, … Read the full press release

Die Airbus Group trauert um den ehemaligen Vorsitzenden der Geschäftsführung der Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm GmbH (MBB), Dr.-Ing. Hanns-Arnt Vogels

Toulouse, 21-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Die Airbus Group trauert um den ehemaligen Vorsitzenden der Geschäftsführung der Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm GmbH (MBB), Dr.-Ing. Hanns-Arnt Vogels. Der Ingenieur und Manager starb am 11. August 2015 im Alter von 89 Jahren in Düsseldorf. MBB gehört … Read the full press release

67th straight successful launch of the workhorse Ariane 5 satellite launch vehicle from the Kourou, French Guiana on August 20th

Ariane 5 launch from Kourou, French Guiana is the 67th successful flight in a row This 225th flight puts two telecommunications satellites in geostationary orbit BLAGNAC, 21-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Airbus Defence and Space salutes the 67th straight successful launch of … Read the full press release

ASELSAN participates in a conference entitled “Integrated Air & Missile Defence – Eastern Europe” in Warsaw, Poland

Warsaw, Poland, 13-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Defence Systems Technologies Business Sector participates in a conference entitled “Integrated Aİr & Missile Defence – Eastern Europe”, held in Warsaw/Poland, on July 28-30. Participants, composed of authorities from Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Georgia, Hungary, Lithuania, … Read the full press release

Heathrow to trial a steeper approach for aircraft landing as part of its Blueprint for Noise Reduction to improve the noise climate around Heathrow

LONDON, 11-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Heathrow today announced plans to trial a steeper approach for aircraft landing at Heathrow. This trial is one of 10 practical steps Heathrow is taking through its Blueprint for Noise Reduction to explore ways to … Read the full press release

Rolls-Royce and Hispano-Suiza (Safran) announce plans to construct a new production plant in Poland

DERBY, 10-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Rolls-Royce and Hispano-Suiza (Safran) have named their joint venture Aero Gearbox International and announced plans to construct a new production plant in Poland. The news follows the signing of a final agreement, on 24 October … Read the full press release

Airbus Defence and Space to provide Canadian governmental and institutional data users free access to TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X satellite imagery for pre-operational use

BLAGNAC, 6-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Airbus Defence and Space has signed an agreement with the Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation (CCMEO) providing Canadian governmental and institutional data users free access to TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X satellite imagery for pre-operational … Read the full press release